Earring holder for one of my sister-in-laws. I'd seen the idea several places online and wondered how I hadn't thought of it myself! Basically a crocheted lace of any type works once it has been glued or stapled to the back of a blank frame. Tres cool!
More chainmaille earrings in the schirzo pattern this time for my mom in silver and gold fill.
Heart shaped pin made from copper and silver using the Japanese 12 in 2 chainmaille weave. Again, for my mom. 
Awesome pattern for a quick scarf out of thick yarn. I used almost every inch of this luxuriant baby alpaca bulky yarn for this scarf using the 100 Yard Dash pattern.
Close up of cool stitch pattern. Very easy!
Since I still had leftover yarn from the skein I made my shrug from I decided to make a scarflette using this stitch pattern from mypicot.com, which is a great place to get new and interesting stitch patterns for impromptu scarves, etc.
Close up of stitch pattern.
Next, I made this cozy neck garter using a bobble pattern I found here. It's a great pattern if you have a nice, cozy yarn you want to make a scarf from, but don't have enough to make a full-fledged scarf! I'm wishing I had some cooler buttons, though. Preferably something in pewter. I guess I'll have to keep my eyes open for some new buttons.
This, my friends, is NOT a scarf, but it's got to be the most wicked-cool hat pattern ever! This is another Ravelry.com pattern (here) that is felted to create a very cute 1930s style cloche. As with most felting projects as I was crocheting what looked like a massive bucket I thought there was no way the hat would ever felt down into something wearable. Thankfully, I was wrong. Two runs through my ancient washing machine with a ton of screeching hot water and detergent did the trick! Drying it on a bowl helps it keep it's shape, even if that shape looks suspiciously like Darth Vader's helmet. Luckily, it looks much, MUCH cuter on! Now the only problem is deciding what trinkets and bobbles to decorate it with!
This is not a scarf either, but my first foray into needle felting (again, thanks be to Art Fiend who introduced me to this way cool craft!) My picture is fuzzy (as is my felting), but if you squint, turn upside-down and hold your breath you may be able to tell that it is a sort of Art Nouveau take on ginkgo leaves. Hoping to make it look more interesting I glued some crystals on as water droplets. I'm not entirely thrilled with this first experiment, but I'm going to soldier on and hope I make some more interesting bits than this.
And finally, my piece de la resistance... a cowl made from angora!! Now, I've never used angora yarn before and I had to search out someone who would supply me with such a luxurious yarn at a decent price. Let me say that I found a lovely person on Etsy.com that raises her own bunnies and spins her own yarn! She even spun this down from a larger weight yarn to something closer to lace weight and added a bit of sparkle to the mix. Check out PearlGlory's Shop, she's super cool!
To make this cowl I made a length of broomstick crochet that was about as wide as my neck is high and long enough to just fit over my head. I put a moibus twist in and sewed the ends together before I started the edging.
So far that's all I've got to brag about, but I'm still working on more scarves, more needle felting and I'm sure there'll be a sweater in my near future as well. Here's looking forward to a new year!
-Lyzard
